This morning is Christmas morning for football coaches. We received our schedules today for the next two years. There are some changes with the new districts. There will be some traveling for Wolves fans but I like this schedule. We alternate home and away both years. Here is the schedule:2016@LisbonWapello@CardinalDanville@Lynnville- SullyMontezuma@PekinNorth Mahaska@New London2017Lisbon@WapelloCardinal@DanvilleLynnville-Sully@MontezumaPekin@North MahaskaNew London

We look forward to a great season with the team and our new schedule. Enjoy this improvement season and we look to start practice on August 8th.For those before us, those of us now, and those that follow, WE ARE WMU!​

Our JH Wolves have been working hard. We have a mixture of 7th and 8th graders that are coming in two times a week to work out. They've been working their tails off. We started from scratch with all of them. No weights just perfect form. The way that these young men have responded to coaching and the way they are dedicated to improving themselves is amazing. The coaching staff has been very pleased with these young fellas. They show up on Tuesday and Thursday and go to work. They are a joy to have in the weight room and in the gym because they compete against each other and have a personality. Tough to do for some people at 6:30 in the morning. The coaching staff would like to congratulate a few of these JH young men that have had perfect attendance for one cycle. These fellas are Noah Freeman, Nolan Ross, Jared Arnold, Christian Gerot, Nathan Crow, and Seth Schurr. If you see these guys or have a chance to talk to them make sure you congratulate them. It is this kind of dedication to improvement that will help make WMU athletics a dominant force in the future. Other athletes were close to perfect attendance with only missing one day but we are honoring perfect attendance. Keep working hard!For those before us, those of us now, and those that follow, WE ARE WMU!​

It was inevitable but it is here. The end of our Winter sports season here at WMU. The football boys that were out for wrestling have finished with a nice season of hard work, determination, and success as Jayce Malone brought home a conference championship for the wrestling program. The basketball team finished their season last night as they lost to Notre Dame in their first round of District play. It was a hard fought game but the Wolves came up short. As we end our winter seasons it is time to start looking ahead to our spring seasons. I know not everyone is a track star, or golfer but one thing that is a large deficiency for our team is our lack of team speed. I would like to see as many guys out for track to help improve our team speed. I understand that it might not be everyone's favorite sport but at the same token, it will improve you for your other sports. Those of you that are out for golf and are good at it, I am not telling you to not play golf. I am letting you know that as a coaching staff we would still like to have you doing some sprints or running in order to improve your speed. As I say that I remember how this worked last year when the coaching staff gave running workouts to our non-track athletes and how they "were going to do it" and I saw two kids do ONE day. This is unacceptable. We are asking for two running workouts a week. This is not unreasonable to ask. I know many of you will say that you'll do it but being a coach for 10 years I've seen and heard this so many times. What it comes down to is how dedicated are you at becoming the best you that you can be. It isn't just for football. It's about yourself. It's about how dedicated you are to a cause that is bigger than yourself. It's about being a part of a team and doing what you can do to improve yourself and therefore improve the team. It's about finishing something you started. In no way am I asking for you to quit a sport or anything like that. I'm asking that if you are a golfer or soccer player to take 30 minutes of your day two times a week to improve your speed. That being said. I hope that our football athletes are all involved in something this spring. It is great to have our football athletes be well rounded and experience competition all year long. We can never duplicate what real competition is during practice or training. Those of you that just finished basketball or wrestling, give your body a break (still come to weights) and then get ready for your best spring season yet. Get involved and get better. Never stop improving yourself as a student, athlete, or young man. For those before us, those of us now, and those that follow, WE ARE WMU!​

As a coaching staff we would like to recognize some athletes that have had perfect attendance in the weight room for the past cycle. Payton Bass, football alumni Collin Gerling, Mitchell Niebuhr, Carther Hinkle, Bryant Holtkamp, and Graham Hagge. We'd like to thank those guys for their dedication to the weight room and the WMU football program. Thanks guys. For those of before us, those of us now, and those that follow... WE ARE WMU!​

Big weekend for WMU football players this past weekend. The wrestlers had a big weekend. Dalton Spencer, Matthew Niebuhr, Kyle Giese, and Jayce Malone all participated. Congrats to Jayce for earning a championship! First place in his weight class. Great job! Keep up the hard work and take that into sectionals next weekend!For those before us, those of us now, and those that follow, WE ARE WMU!​